Trace-buckle



(No Model.)

D. T. HARBISON.

TRACE BUCKLE.

No. 287.125. Patented Oct. 23, 1883.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES:

UNTTEI) STATES PATENT Trice.

DIOKSON T. HARBISON, OF DUN GANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,125, dated October 23, 1883.

' Application filed March 15, 1883. (No modeI.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DIOKSON T. HARBISON,

of Duncanville, in the county of Crawford and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Trace-Buckle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved trace-buckle, having such construction that a single buckle-frame is adapted to hold the trace and the front trace-strap, and also the back-strap and belly-band.

Reference is to be had to'the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new and improved buckle having the trace and straps attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the detached buckle and me-- tallic front trace-strap loop.

A represents the trace; B, the front tracestrap, provided with the bent metallic loop 0. D represents the back-strap, and E the bellyband, all of which are held by my new and improved buckle F.

G represents a chafe-leather held back of the buckle by the backstrap and belly-band, to protect the body of the animal from being rubbed or chafed by the buckle.

The buckle F is formed of the frame f, which has the buckles g g, secured to its upper and lower sides, for holding the back-strap, which passes through both buckles over trace A, and has the belly-band E attached .toit. At its forward end the frame f is formed with the stud i, which holds the trace, the bent loop 0 of the front trace-strap serving as the keeper, as will be understood from Fig. 1. The rear end of the frame f of the buckle is formed with the loop 6, for receiving the side straps of the harness, and is bent slightly out ward, to permit the free passage of the trace A under it.

Constructed in this manner it will be seen that a single buckleis made to hold all of the straps that are usually used at the side of a harness, thus dispensing with the cost of extra buckles and the labor and expense of attaching them,- and it will also be seen that the buckle is practical and well adapted for its purpose.

It will also be noticed that by means of the backhand D, passing up through the chafe leather or plate G and buckles g 9, over the trace, and then down through the plate G, before said back-band connects with the bellyband E, the joint action of said plate G and belly-band will more effectually prevent the trace -from lifting over the animals back when the draft-strain is on a line above'the bellyband than with the common arrangement of trace-buckle.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The frame f, having opposite side buckles, g g, the front stud, i, and the rear loop, 6, on an upwardly-bent end, to form a tracebuckle adapted to be used as described.

2. The buckle, made substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of the frame f, having the stud i, and having the side buckles, g g, the stud i, being adapted to hold the trace A, the loop 0 serving as the keeper, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the buckle-frame f, having front stud, z, of the strap-loop 0, adapted to serve as a keeper for the trace, as described.

4.. The combination, with the buckle-frame f, having opposite buckles-g g, of the plate G, having opposite slots, whereby the back-band may be secured, as described.

5. The buckle F, having the side buckles, g g, and stud z,'in combination with the backband D, belly-band E, and the trace A, held by the stud i, and loop 0, that is attached to the front trace-strap, B, the belly-band being attached'to the backband below the buckle F, substantially as described.

DIOKSON T. HARRISON.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. MAXWELL, SINeLEToN B. ALLEN. 

